Wei Changtian was woken up by the noise outside at about the time he was ugly.
He sat up from the bed in a daze, put on his coat and shouted.
"Wang Er!"
"Squeak~"
The door was gently pushed open, and the dark figure who ducked into the room whispered: "Sir, I am Zhang San."
"Oh, I'm used to it."
Wei Changtian rubbed his forehead and asked nonchalantly: "What happened outside? Why is it so noisy?"
"It's County Magistrate Wang who is here."
"What's he doing here in the middle of the night?"
"There are bandits slaughtering the village outside the city."
Zhang San is different from Wang Er. He doesn't talk so much nonsense. He basically answers whatever Wei Changtian asks.
"Magistrate Wang came to ask Mr. Liang to send troops to suppress the bandits."
"What a coincidence?"
Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment, and then he became more awake: "Liang Zhen promised him?"
"not yet."
Zhang San shook his head: "Master Liang doesn't care about this, the main thing is that Miss Liang Qin wants to help."
"But Mr. Cao is very opposed to it. The two of them are arguing outside at the moment."
The Lord Cao mentioned by Zhang San is called Cao Shu, and he is the supervisor who "escorted" Wei Changtian to Shuzhou this time.
He must be afraid of causing trouble, so he doesn't want Liang Zhen to help.
"I gonna go see."
Wei Changtian thought for a while, and finally got dressed and got out of bed.
I didn't expect that one day I would be able to enjoy the treatment of a protagonist who "accidents can happen even when I'm on the road".
I just don’t know whether what is hidden behind this is a gain or a crisis.
…
When I walked to the inn lobby, everyone was there.
The thin county magistrate was standing next to Liang Zhen with an eager face, his forehead was red, and there were even bloodshot eyes oozing out.
It was obvious that he just knelt down and kowtowed to beg Liang Zhen to send troops.
Regardless of the ability of the county magistrate, there is nothing to say about the love for the people that he can do so for the people.
"...Ms. Liang, Mr. Wang, I am not a cold-blooded person. I feel very uncomfortable when I see the people of Zhongling County dying in vain at the hands of bandits."
On the other side, Liang Qin seemed to have just finished speaking, and it was Cao Shu's turn to express his opinion.
He looked at Liang Qin, who was looking at him angrily, and explained in a deep voice: "But I have important responsibilities on this trip. If something unexpected happens because of my meddling..."
"How can saving people's lives be called being nosy?"
Liang Qin reacted quickly and immediately grasped the wording problem in Cao Shu's words.
"Master Cao, you are an official of the imperial court, how could you say such a thing!"
"I……"
Cao Shu was speechless for a while, but Liang Zhen happened to see Wei Changtian coming down the stairs at this moment, and quickly interrupted:
"My dear nephew, did I wake you up?"
"No, I happened to not be asleep either."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "I heard that bandits massacred the village?"
"yes."
Liang Zhen said helplessly: "Master Wang wants us to send troops to drive away the bandits."
"This kind of thing..."
Wei Changtian smiled: "Uncle Liang, you just make the decision, what's the fuss?"
"Oh, I'm not...a good nephew. What do you think I should do?"
Liang Zhen looked at Liang Qin, and Wei Changtian immediately understood what he meant.
It seems that Liang Zhen is inclined to help out by the way.
He was not interested in taking the initiative to lead people to suppress the bandits, but since it was just in time, he still couldn't bear to ignore it.
Judging from this incident, the father and daughter have similar temperaments.
Wei Changtian did not express his position immediately, but first looked at the thin county magistrate and asked: "Master Wang, how many bandits are there? How strong are they?"
"According to the official who came back to report, there are almost a hundred people, and their strength is only level six at most!"
The thin county magistrate saw that Liang Zhen seemed to attach great importance to the young master's opinion. Although he didn't know the reason, he fell to his knees again with a "pop" and kowtowed tremblingly.
"I beg you, Sir, to persuade Mr. Liang to save those people!"
"I can't thank you enough, I can't thank you enough!"
"..."
Someone around him immediately went to help him, but Wei Changtian still stood there and glanced at Liang Zhen again.
Seeing that the latter nodded slightly towards him, indicating that he really meant to help, he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Wang, I can help you, but there are some things I have to make clear for Uncle Liang in advance."
"As Mr. Cao said, we have important responsibilities on this trip, and we must not lose the big for the small."
"So if those bandits are too tough and we are powerless by then... I hope Mr. Wang will not blame them."
"No! Definitely not!"
When the thin county magistrate heard this, he almost burst into tears and hurriedly kowtowed to several people again.
Wei Changtian didn't pay attention to him, but quietly walked to Cao Shu and lowered his voice: "Master Cao, don't worry that I will take the opportunity to escape. At worst, I will just follow you later."
"..."
Cao Shu's face looked a little better after hearing this. He looked at Wei Changtian, who had been very calm and steady since he appeared, and suddenly shook his head and sighed:
"Master Wei, the court said that you killed Prime Minister Liu on impulse. I believed it before, but now I won't believe it even if I was beaten to death..."
…
…
It has to be said that Liang Zhen's more than 100 soldiers were indeed well-trained. From being called up to getting dressed neatly, mounted their horses and left the city, it only took a stick of incense.
However, at this time, almost half an hour had passed since the official came back to report the news.
Under normal circumstances, this time is enough for a group of bandits to slaughter a village completely.
And this is indeed the case.
When Wei Changtian and others rode their horses to the village where the incident occurred under the guidance of official officials, the whole village no longer screamed and screamed, only the light of fire piercing the darkness remained.
Obviously, they arrived a step too late after all, and most of the villagers were already dead.
But luckily, the group of bandits didn't have time to leave, and they happened to bump into each other face to face.
I don’t know if it’s because these bandits have too little information, or because they have been domineering for a long time and have the illusion that “I am invincible”... In short, when they saw Liang Zhen’s blue-armored soldiers, not only did they not run away, but they
Yelling, he raised his sword and rushed over first.
"Bandit! Die!!"
Liang Qin was already furious. He was the first to rush into the group of bandits and cut down three or four of them to the ground in an instant.
And these bandits were also brave. They didn't care about their injuries at all, got up and brandished their swords in an attempt to fight back.
Unexpectedly, before their knives could hit Liang Qin, he was stabbed to the core by several spears, and then was stepped into the dust by dense horse hooves, and his life was gone.
"kill!!"
"Uh-huh!!"
"Miss Protection!"
"Bang bang! Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!"
Soon the two groups of people were fighting together. Wei Changtian did not step forward, but immediately stood behind with Liang Zhen and Cao Shu, silently observing the situation.
Liang Zhen's martial arts skills were too high and he was too lazy to take action himself; Cao Shu had not practiced and was unable to take action.
As for Wei Changtian... he wanted stability and was unwilling to take action.
This is not about killing monsters. There are no benefits at all, but you may also put yourself in danger.
He has no interest in such a thankless task.
Besides, judging from the current situation, he is not needed at all.
Although this group of bandits is indeed fearless of death, the Qingjia Army, which is superior in all aspects of realm, equipment, and tactics, naturally has an absolute advantage. Not only did no one die, but there were not even many injured.
indivual.
If this continues, it will probably take less than a while to kill all the bandits here.
The sound of the collision of weapons became smaller and smaller, and the screams of pain became thinner and thinner.
Liang Zhen and Cao Shu both looked relaxed looking at the bandits who were already few in number and were still falling one after another.
Only Wei Changtian squinted his eyes slightly with a thoughtful expression.